Re: PAE
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 08:44:44PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote:
> PAE may be a necessary condition for NX, but it is not a sufficient condition.
> I am presently using three 32-bit computers: one is a Pentium M (2G), one is
> a Pentium 4 (2G), and one is a Xeon (4G). All three are PAE-capable, and all
> three are presently running PAE Linux kernels. And all three display the
> following message during boot, according to "dmesg|less":
>
> Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection missing in CPU!
>
> So, for my hardware, that argument doesn't seem to hold up. Am I missing
> something?
No, you are right. I even run such a machine myself!
Regards,
Mirko
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